Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge

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The Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge (3 October to 27 October 1918) occurred during World War I, northeast of Reims, in Champagne, France. The US Army's 2nd Infantry Division and the 36th Infantry Division alongside the French Fourth Army opposed the Imperial German Army's 200th and 213th divisions, along with portions of six additional German divisions. The result of this battle was the expulsion of the Imperial German Army from the Champagne Region.

Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge
Part of the Western Front of World War I
Date3–27 October 1918
Location48°47′36″N 4°26′21″E / 48.79333°N 4.43917°E / 48.79333; 4.43917
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge - Wikidata France
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge - Wikidata United States
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge - Wikidata German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge - Wikidata Henri Gouraud
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge - Wikidata John A. Lejeune
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge - Wikidata William Ruthven Smith
Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge - Wikidata Crown Prince Wilhelm
Strength
French 4th Army (elements)
2 US Army divisions Assigned to French Fourth Army divisions
United States Marines (elements)
2 German infantry divisions

Six additional divisions(elements)
Casualties and losses
7,800 men, killed and wounded.
Unknown number captured
Unknown
Unknown number captured

Further reading

  • [1], "Forgotten Victory" (Doughboy Center)
  • [2] Field Orders for the battle
  • Mortensen, Mark (August 10, 2011). George W. Hamilton, USMC: America's Greatest World War I Hero. McFarland. p. 120. ISBN 9780786486175.

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